Overview

The Diadema Junior Plus Lever is a semi-commercial heat exchange espresso machine designed and manufactured for the home by BFC coffee machines in Italy. With a 1.3 litre copper boiler and the same E61 group head you will find on many commercial cafe machines, the Junior Plus produces the perfect espresso, steams milk and delivers hot water at the same time. The Junior Plus has a built-in 3 litre water tank and at just 26cm wide this machine is ideal for the home coffee enthusiast.

Features and Benefits

Feature

Benefit

Stainless steel cabinet

The high grade polished stainless steel cabinet with rolled edges is impressive an any kitchen.

E61 commercial group head

Commercial group head with a thermo-syphon circuit and passive pre-infusion for perfect espresso.

58mm commercial portafilters

Full size commercial single and double portafilters for superior coffee extraction.

1.3 litre heat exchange copper boiler

Make espresso and steam milk at the same time.

Low pressure passive pre-infusion

A passive low pressure pre-infusion stage gently expands the coffee grounds for a more even extraction of the coffee oils.

A factory calibrated over pressure valve limits the maximum pressure to 9 bar for optimal extraction.

Commercial cool touch steam wand

The soft close valve allows easy control of the steam pressure and the cool touch arm is safe and easy to clean.

Seperate hot water outlet

Hot water on demand for tea and hot chocolate

Key Technologies

E61 Group Head

The famous E61 commercial group head is the same group head you will find in many cafe machines. Made from 4kg of chrome plated brass, it takes a long time to heat and cool providing excellent thermal stability vital for great espresso. The pre-infusion system gently infuses your ground coffee with hot water at a lower pressure allowing the coffee to expand uniformly in the basket for superior coffee extraction.

Thermosyphon System

The thermosyphon system automatically circulates hot water through the group head while the machine is idle. Hot water flows from the heat exchanger into the group head through the upper pipe. As heat is transferred to the group head the water cools and leaves the group head through the lower pipe. Here the water combines with cold water from the pump and flows into the bottom of the heat exchanger. The continuous movement of hot water maintains the group head at a stable temperature vital for producing consistently great espresso.